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Can You Complete The Lyrics To These Emo Songs?

Stella Alexander

Image: My Chemical Romance

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"I tear my heart open. I sew myself shut." While these lyrics seem like too much emotion for some, the emo kids of the early 2000s were loving it! Emo bands like Green Day, Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World appeared in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but the new millennium brought in new bands such as My Chemical Romance, Panic! at the Disco and The Used. The songs had truly expressive lyrics, but only a true emo kid can complete these lyrics.

While many people might not be aware of where "emo" came from, it stands for "emotional" or "emotive" rock. And before we get to the music that the kids played on repeat, the music and musicians also sparked a fashion statement. The emo fashion would often include choppy layered haircuts, dark eyeliner and a variety of clothing options from Hot Topic. The perfect outfit couldn't be complete without a pair of black Chuck Taylors to write your favorite lyrics on.

Emo kids were writing the lyrics of early 1986 band, Green Day. You might've been obsessed with Gerard Way and My Chemical Romance. Did you scream out the lyrics to "Scars" by Papa Roach? True emo kids know the lyrics to all the greats because the pain of their favorite artist became their own! From "Bring Me to Life" to "I Will Follow You Into the Dark," can you prove you're a true emo kid by remembering these lyrics? Let's find out!

When I was a young boy / My father took me into the city / To see __ __________ ______

A dancing man

A Broadway play

A marching band

A black parade

These lyrics are from "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance. The song was released on their 2006 album "The Black Parade."

Give me a reason to end this discussion / To break with tradition, to ____ __ ______

eat and drink

scream and cry

break and sigh

fall and divide

These lyrics come from the song "Everything Is Alright" by Motion City Soundtrack. The song was released on their 2005 album "Commit This to Memory."

Where did I go wrong / I lost a friend / Somewhere along in the __________

wilderness

bitterness

mess

beating chest

These lyrics come from the song "How to Save a Life" by The Fray. This is the title song of their 2005 album.

Without your love, darling / Only you are my life / Among the _____

dead

living

rest

world

These lyrics are from the Evanescence song "Bring Me To Life" which was released on the 2003 album "Fallen."

No, it's much better to face these kinds of things / With a sense of poise and ____________

dignity

responsibility

predictability

rationality

"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" was released on Panic! at the Disco's 2005 album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out."

I am right, I swear I'm right / Swear I knew it all along and / I am ________

scarred

lost

flawed

done

These lyrics are from the Dashboard Confessional song "Vindicated." While this song originally appeared on the "Spider-Man 2" soundtrack, it was released on their 2006 album "Dusk and Summer."

To be hurt, to feel lost / To be left out ____ _____ ______

These lyrics are from the 2004 Simple Plan song, "Welcome to My Life." The song was released on the album "Still Not Getting Any..."

I just wanna break you down so badly / I ______ over everything you say

Trip

Think

Look

Read

Taking Back Sunday released "MakeDamnSure" on the 2006 album "Louder Now."

Cause that's just who I am in this week / Lie in the ______ next to the ___________

Pool, beauty

Bed, valedictorian

Grass, mausoleum

Room, conditioner

These lyrics are from "Sugar, We're Going Down" by Fall Out Boy. The song was released in 2005 on the album "From Under the Cork Tree."

I'm spinning, while I'm falling down / Now you know why I'm _________ you to stay.

Asking

Demanding

Begging

Wanting

Cartel released the song "Honestly" on the 2005 album "Chroma."

The inside lingo had me at hello / And we go where the money goes / I want someone ___________ and talkative

Reliable

Provocative

Proactive

Mischievous

These lyrics are featured in the song "The Curse of Curves" by Cute Is What We Aim For. It was released on the album "The Same Old Blood Rush With a New Touch," which came out in 2006.

My arms are outstretched towards you / I feel you on my ______

Lips

Tongue

Fingertips

Heart

These lyrics are from the Flyleaf song "All Around Me." The song was released in 2005 on their self-titled album.

Welcome to the new kind of tension / All across the ______ nation

Emo

Punk

American

Alien

These lyrics are from the song "American Idiot" by Green Day. It appeared on the 2004 same-titled album.

We won't hear a word they say / They don't know us anyway / Watch it _____ / Let it die

Fall

Burn

Leave

Grow

Boys Like Girls released "The Great Escape" as the first single on their debut self-titled album which came out in 2006.

I see the way you go and say you're right again / Say you're right again / ______ _______ ______

He loves you

Don't break now

Heed my lecture

Watch your temper

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus released "Face Down" on the 2006 album "Don't You Fake It."

Whatever it takes, I'll make your darkest days so bright / I'm in your _______ tonight

Thought

Mind

Heart

Sight

These lyrics are from Amber Pacific's "Gone So Young," which was featured on the 2005 album "The Possibility And The Promise.

You know you're doing better on your own so don't buy in / Live right now / _____ ____ ________

Try your best

Don't look down

Keep it up

Just be yourself

Jimmy Eat World released the song "The Middle" on their "Bleed American" album which came out in 2001.

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